Wales have been drawn in Group B of the Downer Rugby League World Cup 9s Sydney 2019, and will face England, France and Lebanon at Bankwest Stadium in Parramatta on October 18-19. The Wales side will be selected from the 35-man elite train-on squad, as revealed by head coach John Kear last week. During the official …
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Wales captain Elliot Kear believes the elite train-on squad will provide a long-term vision, allowing the team to build momentum ahead of the 2021 World Cup. A 35-man elite train-on squad was announced earlier today and will be used by head coach John Kear for selection over the next two years. Wales travel to Australia …
Wales have been chosen as one of the eight competing sides for the 2021 Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup. The Welsh will be competing in their third World Cup, after taking third place in 2013 and fifth in 2017. Wheelchair Celtic Cup winners for the last four years with a 100% record against Scotland and …
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Wales head coach John Kear has named an elite train-on squad for the next two years. Kear will use the 35-man elite train-on squad to select players for this autumn’s 9s World Cup and next year’s European Championship. The elite train-on squad has been created for 2019 and 2020 to bring together a pool of …
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Wales Rugby League will also be applying to participate in a 2021 Women’s Emerging Nations Rugby League World Cup. In the female game, this would be the first such competition to underpin the main tournament, whose eight competitors were announced this morning. Wales are just launching an international side with its first clubs, Cardiff Blue …
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Wales under 16 head coach Lee Crooks has named an initial 17-man squad for this autumn’s international match against England on Saturday 31st August (venue TBC). The players were chosen following a final trial match in Ystrad Mynach last week which pitted sides chosen from the initial north and south trial locations, the northern-based outfit …
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Wales Rugby League international Ian Newbury has been appointed as the new head coach of Wales Dragonhearts, the representative side for the community rugby league game in Wales. The 32-year old played three times for the Dragonhearts in 2013, scoring four tries, before winning his lone full cap in 2016 in Wales’ drawn friendly match …
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Ian Watson, Wales’ joint record highest cap holder, has been appointed as one of the assistant coaches to Wayne Bennett for the return of the Great Britain Rugby League Lions this autumn. London Broncos’ head coach Danny Ward, who like Watson is recoginsed at two of the brightest British coaches in the Betfred Super League, is the …
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Two of the Wales Rugby League international players have been out in the community recently, delivering Learning Disability Rugby League sessions to a group of adults from Mencap Mon in Anglesey. Dafydd Jones, along with his partner Lauren Oates, as well as William Lynch and his sister Victoria, have been taking the sessions, under the …
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Wales Students head coach Paul Emanuelli has named his 20-man squad for the forthcoming Four Nations competition, which is to be played at Edinburgh University from June 22-30. His side won their final warm-up match on Sunday, a 40-22 defeat of Welsh Premier League side Rhondda Outlaws at Sardis Road, and that helped him make …
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